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wild toned morgan

darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
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I was thinking of trying for an up-grade on this coin. What do you think? The scratches are on the holder not the coin. The toning is blue and purple. image mike
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        obverse close up

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        • zennyzenny Posts: 1,547 ✭✭
          you do like that darktone, don't you. :-) don't know what it's graded now so hard to tell about upgrade. :-) very nice strike, tho.
        • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
          Depends, what is it now???
          image
        • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
          It's graded MS63 by NGC. It has a nice strike and few marks I think comparable to a MS65 so I assume the NGC graders did not like the toning and down-graded it. I really like the toning. image mike
        • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
          Looks like a nice piece Mike. I picked up an NGC64 morgan last weekend with kinda similar toning - not so much blue, and I was very pleased with it.

          Frank
        • TomBTomB Posts: 21,200 ✭✭✭✭✭
          Regardless of how it grades, I like it!
          Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

          In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

          image
        • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
          For the toning ignorant among us, (namely me), what causes purple toning like that?

          Russ, NCNE
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        • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
          I call the last pic "Till she's blue in the face". I think it is a very nice coin. I seem to be drawn to the blue toning. I'm not sure why (maybe it reminds me of bluing), but I like it best.
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          and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
        • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,528 ✭✭✭✭✭
          I like it too. A neat, "different" look....

          Dave
          Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
        • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
          I like it. Try sending it to PCGS.


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        • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
          Hey that's cool! image Looks like the sister to my Peace, Blue Girl.
          Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
        • zennyzenny Posts: 1,547 ✭✭
          woof
        • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
          NGC will slab anything. image

          Seriously it's nice image
        • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
          Russ, purple toning is on the far end of the color scale. It's a tough color without it becoming too dark (and then tough to distinguish between purple and dark gray/black).

          Beautiful coin!
          Dog97- Gotta love that bright BLUE Peace dollar too.

          peacockcoins

        • toyonakatarotoyonakataro Posts: 407 ✭✭✭
          Mike-
          I like that kind of purple toning. Your taste for coins always impress me..image
        • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
          Dip it, then send to PCGS. TOO DARK!
          You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
        • agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
          Too dark for me, then again my name isn't darktone. Besides not liking darktoning it tends to hide problems.
        • joemon2joemon2 Posts: 56
          I like the coin. Me thinks NGC under-graded it by at least 1 point. Neat dollar!
          careful- that light at the end of the tunnel might be a freight train!

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